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R ES CU E IM P O S S IB L E . PORTLAND Unavailing KfTorta to Bring Up th« Ku- toiubml Miner». ty Men Were Imprisoned y a Sudden Cave-in. EANSOF r e t r e a t c u t o f f -ea W ere the rk 0f P r o p p in g U p A c c id e u t K eecu e th e H oof O c c u rre d -T h e B m C o im n e n c id ilkesbarre, Pa., June 30.— W hile ninety miners were at work in ed Ash vein °* the twin "ba,t at •n about 3 o’olook this after- th’e roof oaved in, and it ia bo- nil of the men perished. About of the impriBoned men are Eng- peaking miners, the otberB for- frty Polanders and Hungarians entombed, and it is thought the number of bodies in the mine (reach 100. I men were at work propping up of when the fall occurred. The waa immediately given by the ng of Ore bells, and resouers were C work without delay, ore than two-thirds of the viotima married men. Am ong them were ng Mayor Lanigan who was inside rintendent of the mine, and Lin- a ward oounoilman. out two weeks ago the surveyors -ted to General Superintendent that the mine was squeezing, and unless steps were immediately to timber it, a cave-in or fall ' t be looked for. Superintendent lost no time, but at onoe put a ber of timbermen at work to brace falling roof. The "squeeze” oon- ed, however, and yesterday the ation became alarming. In the af- oon a slight fall occurred, and the who were at work had to retreat re it oossultation of mine officers was held, and it was decided that io measures w ould have to be re- 1 to to prevent heavy damage to mine. Inside Superintendent igan gave orders that the most ex- (ienceed miners should be secured, that the party would go down into mine at 7 o'clock. Expert timber- put in an appearanoeat that hour, were soon lowered into the work- s. They made their way to Red veining, 150 feet down the slope, he work of propping proceeded idly until 11 o'olock, when another (1 occurred. A low. rumbling noise the flying ooal and debris drove the n back. Then the squeeze ceased in, and the men thought it was safe resume work. hey labored on until 3:30 o’olock, en it is presumed the roof fell in thont warning, making a termend- ■ crash. It is said, however, that men were not all together, but e were near the slope, and these -bably ran up the incline when the 111 occurred. This is the only way e finding of Mayor Lanigan’a body in e slope can be accounted for. If the en reoeived any warning, they bad e to run to the slope, but not to any eat distanoe. The falling rock and 1 filled up the slope and the adjoin- g gang ways, completely shutting off 1 avenues of escape. It was at first supposed the men es- ped and that they were imprisoned hind the debris. It is still possible, -wever, that living men may be be- ind the fall, although it is extremely probable. Even if they escaped be- g crushed by the falling rocks, the obability of their being alive for nnv ngth of time in a gaseous mine is re- ote. T i d a l W a v e In H a w a ii. San Francisco, June 30.— The stearo- Gaelic arrived from Yokohama and ong Kong tonight, bringing the fol- wing news: A tidal wave reached onolulu on the 15th. The wave com- enced at 7:38 A . M ; at 7:45, the ummit of the wave was reached, ises and falls continued until 1 'clock, showing fourteen uotioeable aves in as many hours. The wave as quite severe on the island of Ha- aii, at Kailua. On the Kona coast, e water rose to a height of twenty eet. At a small village on the coast, he water rose to forty feet. A num- er of dwellings along the shore were ashed away, but no lives were lost, t is believed that the wave came from he northwest. These waves are a sure ign of volcanic action on some part of ,ilie shores of this ocean. They most requently come from South America, hough they have been caused by action in other places. T h e D U c r a c e T o o M u ch . New York, June 30.— A special t«1 ihe World from Batavia, N. Y ., says: yer .me Rowan, a rich banker, the fa ther of Lansing Rowan, the California Lctress who has challenged Corbett to eet her in a scientific sparring con gest, committed snicide by shooting imself through the heart. By his side ay a copy of Saturday's edition of the ¡Batavia Daily News, containing a dis patch announcing that his daughter had challenged Corbett. Mr. Rowan left a Jetter addressed to his wife, the con sents of which she declines to make ¡public. Mr. Rowan was 66 years old. K i l l e d in » K u n a w a y a c c id e n t . The Dalles, O r., June 8 0 — W hile nnng into town this morning, a team riven by Irving Julean, became frightened at an oil-tank, and running way, dashed into a wagon containing Perry W’atkins and W illiam Marshall The two men were thrown out, and lone of the horses stepped upon Mr. "Wstkin’s body, inflicting injuries from which he died two hours later. [Marshall suffered a broken foot. Mr. Catkins was an old settler in Wasco county, coming here in 1868. He was years of age. MARKETS. H E L P F U L FARM HINTS I meat. An English farmer In r arming ! W orld of Edinburgh reports some, which were probably extra fat. In which the live weight varied from 63 1 to 78 pounds, and the weight of meat ! was from 48.115 per cent, to 53.84 |»er i cent. Only two were lielow 50 per cent. The butcher paid double plica for tne ileud weight over what be waa offered the lamlis for alive, aud lost by the bargain. Business for the past few days has been very good, especially in a few Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 1.— It is a lines. The termination of tbe fisher S U G G E S T IO N S F O R T H E A G R I C U L T U R IS T A N D S T O C K M A N . settlvd fact tonight that, of the small men's strike on the lower Columbia army of men who entered the ill-fated has been by no means a small factor in Twin shaft at Pittstou ou Monday, not tbe improvement. Wool is beginning I t n w t n t o m b â t t h e A r m y W o r m - H o t one survives. Not only is every ap to move slowly, bnt this far has out no fir lln iio liiu z A a p a m a u . — Very i ___________ proach to their dark tomb barricaded figure in trade improvement. Po- ( L a r g e H o r s e s N o t l t e . i r u b l c —P r o by enormous rnaasea of rook and debris, BRITISH REQUEST OF O L N E Y tatoes, which have been tbe standby te c tin g E a rly Potatoes. but it is known that in the mine there for many Oregon farmers for tbe past ts a large quantity of water, which is two or three months, are about mar P u t t ’ i n u a n HI.I K n e m y , increasing in volume every minute. T h e A r r e s t o f H a r r is o n Is N o t C o n s id keter, and tbe price is daily declining. Thenrin.v worm is making Its appear Thus the chances of recovering the Strawberries and other small fruit new e r e d a V e r y S e rio u s M a t t e r - F lu s n - bodies are more remote than ever. coming in freely are offsetting the ance in a manlier of tlie Central \> cst- ces a t G e o r g e t o w n —it u slu ess S to p p e d . eru Stales, notably Kansas. Missouri. Prominent officials say that weeks or vegetables, and placing considerable Illinois and Southern Indiana. While months may be oonsnmed in clearing Washington, June 39.— Secretary money in circulation among the grow- during recent years tills Insect lias lone away the fallen coal in order to reach Gluey received calls today from Six , era. little damage, it is well to understand the bodies of the victims. A mine Julian Pauncefote, the British am W h e a t M a rk e t. It. The worm is closely related to the superintendent of thirty-five years’ ex bassador, and Minister Andrade, of The local wheat msrekt is quiet and perience thinks the unfortunate men Venezenls, with both of whom he con unchanged. A few carloads roll in cutworm, and hatches from eggs laid have met the same fate that befell the ferred separately oouoerning the arrest each day from the Willamette valley or by a handsome brown moth, In eight to twenty-six miners who perished in No. by the Venezuela troops of British east of the mountains, bnt tbe bulk of ten days. They are at first given, but 3 slope of the Susqnehana Coal Com Crown Surveyor Harrison, on the recent reoeipts has been composed of soon acquire longitudinal stripes of yel low. black, or green. The worms feed pany in December, 1889. The men Bitisb-Venezuela boundary. grain purchased some time ago. Quo were oanght in a “ rush" of oulm and It is understood that Sir Julian, tations are: W a lla W alla, 50 to 61o; ou any kind of grasses or grains, and water from the surfaoe. The bodies acting under instructions from the i Valley, 53 to 54c per bushel. were bnried under a mountain of coal British foreign office, requested the P r o d u c e M a rk et# refnie. Three hundred men labored for friendly intervention of the United F loub — Portland, Salem, Cascadia more than two weeks to rescue them, States toward securing the release of but the more debris they took out the Harrison, as w s b done by the British and Dayton, $2.85; Benton county and White Lily, $2.86; graham, $2.50; su more rushed in from the surfaoe open authorities in behalf of the American, perfine, $2 25 per barrel. ing. As the task was a hopeless one, John Haye Hammond, during the O a t s — Choice white, 26®28c per bush- it was finally abandoned, and the por Transvaal trouble. (e l; choice gray, 24026c. Rolled oata Andrade waa the first at tbe depart are quoted as follows: Bags, *4.250 tion of the mine where the men died was closed. ment, oalling before the usual hour 6.25; barrels, $4.6007; cases, $3.75. H a t — Timothy, $11.00 per ton; .neat, Excitetment at the Twin shaft in when diplomatic oalls begin. He waa Pittston, where nearly 100 miners are with Olney some time, going over, $8.00; clover, $607; oat, $508.60; wheat, entombed, oontinues today. A t the quite fully, the oircumstances of the $5.5008.50. B a u l k y — Feed barley, $13.60 per ton; •8 month of the shaft, besides the wives Harrison incident. The minister said brewing, $14@18. and children of the entombed men, the affair bad been magnified and waa M illstuffs — Bran, $14.50; shorts, | there are hundreds of persons, not resi lacking in oironmstanoes of serious in $15.60; middlings, $18020; rye, 90c { dents of Pittston alone, bnt visitors dignity or wrong to tbe British. The per cental. from Scranton and Wikesbarre. The exaot nature of the British request waa B ottbr — Fancv creamery ie quoted at A R M Y WORM ; a MOTH, b LARVA. wives and children of the entombed not made public, but its essential fea 25c; fancy dairy, 20c; fair to good, men stand near the opening of the ture was tbe request for friendly in lo c ; common, 12>sc per roll. become full grown In about a month P otatoxs — Burbanks, 40040c per death chamber urging the rescuers to tervention by the United States. O w after batching. Unless the worms be ing to the Britiah-Veneznela trouble, sack; Garnet Chiles, 40050c; Early come very abundant they usually le- greater efforts. Rose, 50c; new. $1.40 per sack ; sweets, Practically nothing has been ac the British have no minister or oonsnl maln unnoticed, but If conditions are best, 4)4©6)4c per pound. complished toward the recovery of the in Venezuela. favorable armies sometimes appear, O nions — New, 75c per sacx. It is believed that OlDey has already men. There is scarcely an old miner P oultby — Chickens, mixed. $2 500 moving In solid masses across fields, about the opening of the mine who does taken steps to oommumcate with the 3.00; broilers, $1.5003; geese, *5©6; destroying all vegetation. Tha full- not believe the men are all dead. The Venezuela government through the me turkeys, live, 12>*c; dressed 150.17c grown larvae enter the ground, pupate resouing party which went into the dium of the United States minister at per pound; ducks, $4.0006.50 per dozen. In earthen cells, and emerge In aliout E ggs — Oregon, lie per dozen. mine at 1 o’olock came out at 7. The Caracas. Ordinarily the first step of two weeks as moths. In some latitudes Cuxxsx—Oregon, 10c; Califo: nia 9c; foreman reports that the timbering is our secretary of state would be to seek two, and frequently three, broods will Young America, 10c per ponnd. to ascertain for himself, through our going on as rapidly as possble. The develop in a single season. The worms T r o p i c a l F r u i t — Calilornis lemons, work is necessarily slow, owing to the ministers, the exact faots, bnt in view $3.00@4.00; choice. $3.0003.50; Sicily, are attacked by a great many enemies, of the peonliar relations of the parties, danger of falling rooks loosened by the $8.50; bananas, $1.7503.00 per bunch; such as li'rds, parasitic Insects and In explosion. It ia hardly possible that be might depart so far from ordinary California navels. $3.2503.50 per box; fectious diseases. Their natural ene methods as to precede this, in the present pineapples, $3.5005.00 per dozen. the actual digging w ill begin before mies usually hold them In cheek, so late this afternoon. If the slope is not instance, with a request that Harrison O bboon V bgbtablbb — Garlic, new, lOo that there Is little extended Injury to 35c; green crops. If, however, the worms are very completely choked with debris, the res be released and the status quo be thus per pound; artichokes, cuers may possibly be able to reach the restored to what it waa before the ar onions, 10c; hothonse lettuce, 2 ic per numerous, the migration from ono field dozen; Oregon peas, 2c; new caobage, to another may be prevented by con men within twenty fonr hours. Other rest, it being understood meantime that there should be no advanoe on lc per lb ; tomatoes, $1.75©2 per crate; strutting barriers, as In the case ‘ of wise it may be two or three days. either side until the case can be settled rhubarb, I 1,0 2 c ; asparagus, 8c; Strug chineh bugs. Deep furrows with per- beans, 9010c per lb ; ra Ashes, 15c per soberly on its merits. No official dozen; cauliflower, 70075c per dozen; pendleullar sides, boards set on edge FELL INTO HOT WATER. knowledge of the arrest has been re Oregon, do, $1 per dozen; cucumbers, with the upper edge smeared with tar, ceived at the Venezuela legation. plowing under Infested crops and roll 75c0$l per dozen. A C h ild S c a ld e d In A n t o r ía —T w o F i s h F r e s h F b c i t — Tasmania appleB, $2 50 ing, have all proved efficacious In cer e r m e n R e p o r te d D ro w n e d . F in a n c ia l P a n ic a t G e o r g e t o w n . 02.75; California, do, $1 76; Oregon tain Instances, and can all be tried with Georgetown, British Guiana, June cherries, 60c©$1 per box; gooseberries, Astoria, Or., July 1.— The infant son profit. Much was expected of the vari 2 0 2 ) 4 C per pound; currants, 6c per of T. Rackkonen a fisherman of this 39.— The financial orash whioh has ous fungous diseases which have not pound; peaches, 76c0$l per b o x ; apri city, met with a shocking death this been expected since the boundary ques proved entirely satisfactory. Spraying morning. Shortly after the breakfast tion dropped down npon the colony on cots, $1. Infected crops with london purple or D r i e d F r u i t s — Apples, evaporated, hour, the child's mother made prepara top of tbe sugar depression, haB oome bleached, 404)4c; sun-dried, 3)$ 04c; paris green has been tried with good tions to give him a bath and half filled with fa ll force. The Britisb Guiana pears, sun and evaporated. 508c : plums, results, but other methods should prob the bath tab with boiling water after bank baa been aided by the looal gov pitless, 304c; prunes, 306 per pound. ably be resorted to first. which she left the room temporarily. ernment with £100,000, as a guarantee W ool — Valiev. 9c, per pound; East A few minntes later the shrieks of the of the bank’s liabilities, but still the ern Oregon, 507c. M a r k e tin g A s p a ra g u s . H ops — Choice, Oregon 203c per child were heard and hastening to the £5 currenoy notes are being sold in When gathered, asparagus shoots bathroom the mother found ber ohild many parts of the oountry for less than pound; medium, neglected. should be assorted and made of as near N u t s — Peanuts, 807c per pound for had fallen into the tab and scalded £4. ly a uniform length ns possible, and raw, 10c for roasted; cocoanu s, 90c per A number of merchants are in trou himself in a terrible manner. His in dozen; walnuts, 12)4 014c; pine nuts, made into bunches of one or two pounds juries were such that medical aid was ble in oonsequeuoe of the finauoial un 15c; hickory nuts, 8010c; chestnuts, each. The usual method Is to make the of no avail and he expired a few hours rest. The incidental reason for tbe | 17c; Brazil, 12c; pecans, large, 14c; tops even and cut the butts even. As crash was the disappearance of Hugh i Jumbo, 18c; filberts, 12 ) 4 c; fancy, large, paragus may be kept fresh several later. A boat belonging to the Scandinavian Sproston, jr., probably the most im i 14c; hard-shell, 8c; paper-shell, lu 0 days by Immersing the bottom of ’.he shoots In one or two Inches of water Packing Company was reported to have portant man financially in the colony. j 12Hc- P r o v i s i o n s — Portland pack : Smoked in a cool place. For transportation to been capsized in the breakers today at It is said he committed snioide by Peacock spit and the occupants lost. drowning, but it is also claimed he hams are quoted at lO01O)4c per lb; market, shallow boxes, a little deeper picnic hams, 7c; boneless hams, 7)4c; than the bunch, are best. The bunches The aonident waa witnessed by the men has simply left the colony. A run on breakfast bacon, 10c; bacon, 7c; dry in another boat bnt before the life-sav the bank was started, and as the notes salt sides, 6c; lard, 5-pound pails, 7%c; should be tightly packed Into such licx ing crew coaid be notifiod the breakers of the British Guiana and Colonial 10s, 7>4c; 60s, 7)ac; tierces, 7c per cs to keep them from being bruised or otherwise Injured. The asparagus had added two mure to their list of vio banka constitute nearly the entire enr- 1 pound. renoy of the colony, the government H id ib .— Dry hides, butcher, sound, buncher Illustrated above is a style In lins. This afternoon, Roy Ferguson, a 13- was obliged to guarantee the notes to per pound, 11012c; dry kip and calf common use. The rear part slides over yearold boy, fell from Exchange street prevent ruin to many, as tradesmen skin, 10011c; culls, 3c less; salted, 80 io the beach, a distance of twenty feet, had began to refuse the notes. It is 1 be and over, 6c; 60 to 80 lbs, 404Q c; 40 and 50, 4c; kip and veal skins, and had a miraculous escape from feared the lnll whioh now exists w ill 10 to 30 lbs, 4c; calfskin, sound, 3 A e s th. In falliog the boy turned a be the forernnner of a greater storm. to 10 lba, 6c; green, unsalted, lc complete somersault aligbt’ng upon hia However, as the men who have been less; culls, l-2c less; sheepskins, shear fett and escaping with a badly spraiu- allowed to overdraw their accounts lings, 10015c; short wool, 20030c; with the bank w ill be forced to either medium, 30040c; long wool, 50070c. ed ankle. __________ _______ pay np or sell ont when the aoconnts M e r c h a n d la a M a r k e t . . l . n '« r . o n ,a r ir a rn ic la u g h le r M a r r ie d . are straightened out, tbe opinion is S almon — Columbia, river No. 1. tails, Bozzard’s Bay, Mass., July 1. — that there w ill be a great deal of sell $1.2501.60; No. 2. tabs, $2.2502.80; Amid showers of flowers and nnaerthe ing out. N o busiuess is being done. fancy, No. 1, fiats, $1.7601.85; Alaska, spreading canopy of a large marqnee No. I, tails, $1.2001.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90 D e p o r t e d an P a u p e r ». erected on the most prominent and j 02.25. B banb — Small white. No. 1, 2c per twautifol elevation of land on the shore Washington, June 39.— J. E. Reeves, of Buttermilk bay, Miaa Josepniue, solicitor of tbe treasury, decided today pound; butter, 3c; bayou, l% c ; Lima, 3)4 04c. daughter of Charles B. Jefferson, and that the fire Japanese women recently C ordaqx — M anilla rope, lf^-inch, is granddaughter of Joseph Jefferson, ac brought to the United States from Y o quoted at 8 '4c, and Sisal, 6)4c per ponnd. the four light crosspieces and Is made tor, and Charles .1. Rolfe, son of W i ll kohama for the purpose of prostitution S u g a r — Golden C, 6c; extra O, SJ-.c; iam Rolfe, a Shakespearean acholar of could be deported at the expense of the dry granulated, 678c; cnbe crushed and of hard wood. It can thus lie easily Cambridge, were married today. There United States The women were de powdered, 8 )jc per pound; >4c per pound regulated to suit any length of nsnnra- were about sixty guests, including Jo layed at Port Townsend on their arri discount on all grades tor prompt cash; gus stalks. Lay raffia or twine across seph Jefferson and Mrs. Cleveland. val there. The general immigration half barrels. !»c more than barrels; the buncher and place the tip of (he stalks against the end lioard. W hen fhe laws prohibit the entry of snch women, maple sugar, 15016c per pound. C o ffee —Costa Rica, 20023 )4c; Rio, 20 buncher Is filled, the asparagus Is la s S a w m ill B o i l e r B u rst. bnt make do provision for their de 0 22c; Salvador, 19©22c: Mocha, tly tied. Plaeerville. Cal , July 1.— A boiler portation. The case wss referred to 27 031c; Padang J ava, 30c: Palem bang explo-i n occurred at the sawmills of Washington by tbe collector at Port Java. 28028c; Lahat Java, 23025c; Ar- M iz e o f F a r m H o r s e s . Snow Bros., about four miles from this ( Townsend. Assistant Secretary Ham Imckle’s .Vlokaska and Lion. $20.30 pet The large, overgrown horse Is not city. The m ill building was torn to lin was of the opinion that the women 100-pound case; Columbia, $20.30 pet alw ays the strongest or best fitted even pieces, but miraculously only one man j could be deported under the contract- 100-pound case. for work on the farm. There is always Rica— Island, $3.5004 per sack; Ja a considerable amount of roadlng to ,f tbe four in the building at the time labor law, but when the matter was re- was seriously hurt. Daniel Kenirk, of I ferred to Solicitor Reeves, be refused pan, $3.7504. do, and if the roads are hard, and espe C o a l — Steady; domestic, $5.0007.60 this place, sustained injuries about the to dignify such women by classifying cially if they are stony, the heavy horse per ton; foreign, $8.60011.00. head, a broken jaw and a fractured them as laborers, but decided that they is very liable to go lame after being M e a t M a r k e t. could be classified as paupers, and as h a n d . ___________________ driven. His feet are not so tougli as B esf — G ross, top steers, $3.25; cows, paupers sent back at the expense of tbe those of smaller and better built A T i e r C o lla p s e d . $2.2502.50; dressed beef, 4 0 5 }«c per United State. horses, and this, besides his heavier poundL Boston. July 1 — The pier at Marine weight, puts the large horse at a dis M u t t o n — Gross, best sheep, wethers, W h e e lm a n in a H torm . Park, used as a landing for ferry-boats $3.00; ewes, $1.5002.75; dressed mut advantage on the road. There are also that ply between City Point and G ov Chicago, Jane 29.— Letter Carrier ton, 5c per ponnd. on tbe farm many kinds of work that ernor's island, was overcrowded today, Smith started Tuesday to break the V e a l — Gross, small, 4)4c; large, 3 0 require agility, quickness and endur and collapsed. There wi re more than Chicago-New York record, bat when 8)ac per pound. ance In horses rather than great 100 perBons on the pier. Thirty were s e v e D t y - f i v e miles ont whs caught in a Hooe— Groes, choice, heavy, $3.000 strength. For all-around farm work thrown into tbe water; twenty-eight storm and bad to return. He left again 3.25; light and feeders, $2.50 02.75; there never was a better breed of dressed, 3)4 04c per pound. were rescued, and two were drowned. today. horses than the old Morgans. Many farmers have learned this, and the A w f u l M a « » a c r e » N e a r S a lis b u r y . SAN FR ANC ISCO M AR KE TS. C h r l » t l » n H o ifiit i- t * C o n v ic t e d . horse that shows the Morgan charac New York, June 29.— A World dis Toronto, Joly 1- — Mrs. Beer, a F loub — Net cash prices: Family ex teristic*, of moderate size, with com patch from Cape Town says: A w ful Christian scientist, and David Goodson massacres are reported near Salisbury, tras, $3.7603.86 per barrel; bakers’ ex pact, well-knit frame, will be pre and his wife were tonight found guilty Matsheland. Murder and looting are tras, $3.5503.85; superfine. $2.85(83 00. ferred by them to the excessively large by a jury of feloniously neglecting and B abi - s y — Feed, lair to good, 71'4c; horses that attract most attention when prevalent in the unprotected districts choice. 73'4 c ; brewing. 88'^c. thereby causing the death of Adelaide exhibited at agricultural fairs. throughout the country. A British W s u t — Shipping. No. 1, $1.07)4; (loodson, s daughter of the Goodsons. patrol has just bad a desperate fight choice. $1.10. milling, $1 17Q01.221, . L i v e a n d H e a d W e lir h t o f F a t L a m b a Hbe died of diphtheria, having been with rebel natives. 8even troopers O ats — M illing, 76082)4c; surprise, Many farmers do not know how to under the care of Mrs Beer. were killed and four wounded. Cap 90006; tanev feed, 8 2 Q 0»7 j4 ; good to estimate the waste in butchering of dif tains Bremer and Graham were amoug choice, 750 80c; poor to fair, 67)40 ferent kinds of stock. It Is larger In O e n e r a l A m n e s ty f o r « re tn n s . 72'vc; gray, 72Q 0 -O p - tbe killed. New York, July I— A special from P otato zs— Hw-ets. t2.5002.76; Bar- the lamb than In most other stock, and In our experience many years ago we Constantinople says that the sultan has The anneal pension of $5,000 granted banks, Oregon, 750$1 00 found that It was a very fat lamb that H ops — Quotable at 2>«3e per pound, a c c o rd e d a general amnesty to the Cre- by tbe French government to Bastear, would giva half bis weight in salable I O nions — New, 15025 per sack. is t o h e c o n t in u e d t o h is w i d o w Our Friendly Offices Asked in the Venezuela Matter. la V a r i e t i e s in T i m o t h y . The West Virginia Experiment Sta tion is testing specimens of timothy grass that ripen at different times an<f otherwise show such iiecullaritles that It Is hoped to make new varieties o f them. W e have not much faith that this can be done. Years ago we have Been timothy that was very late In ripening, but It was always accounted for by the fact that It grew on low, wet ground, where It did not start to growing until very late. The heads o f this late timothy were extremely long, some of them a foot or more In length, but the seed from these heads sown on warm upland produce timothy of th* usual type, and which ripened at th * usual time. The growth of timothy has always varied very much with the kind of soli it occupied, but tbe grass baa Its fixed characteristics that are eoua- inon to all. T h in n in g F r u it. In most sections this year the appla set of fruit Is very heavy. Pear«, peaches and other fruit In the North ern States will not need to be thinned, as the crop Is light. There is danger. If the full set of apples Is left on whero the tree has blossomed very fully, that the tree may be enfeebled and thus fall a more ready prey to the blight. The loss of vigor caused by bearing la very obvious to the experienced eye of an orchardlst as be sees the trees at a distance. The non-bearing trees wlB have a dark green foliage, while th« bearing trees will show a paler green color, Indicating tbe strain that bear ing Is on the tree«.—American Cultiva tor. P r o t e c t i v e l'.a r ly P o ta to e s . Early potatoes In the garden may b * protected against potato bugs and flea- beetles by a board at each side of th« row covered with netting, as shown Ic this sketch. This will also conserve moisture, and if the soil Is rich will make the crop earlier. O f course It ia TO P R O T E C T P O T A T O E S . not practicable on a large scale, but applies to small gardens where poisons are not used. P h o s p h a t e in D r y R ea a o n a . It Is never advisable to sow pho»- phate with grains put In during a drought. I f the seed coaies In contact with the fertilizer It Is very apt to be Injured rather than benefited. If thd fertilizer Is broadcasted It has a drying effect on the soil, owing to the sulphur ic acid which It contains. Often after wheat has been drilled with phosphate the tubes which the phosphate had choked will at first show the besf wheat. But after heavy rains come to dissolve the phosphate these miBsed rows will lose their advantage while those phosphated will rapidly Improve. O r c h a r d G ra a a w it h C lo v e r . Orchard grass goes with clover much better than timothy, though most farm ers have got In the habit of seeding timothy and clover together. The or chard grass will not make a perfect sod If sown alone, as its habit Is to grow In bunches and spread after the first year. When sown with clover the latter as It dies out leaves not only room but plant food, which the orchard grass avails Itself of. Orchard gras* and clover are both ready to cut togeth er. and If cut early, as both should be, two and even three crops may be grown on rich land In a season. A g r ic u lt u r a l N o te a . The advice is to sow crimson clover In the fall as early as is practicable. The alisolute necessity of facing drouths aud dry spells Is evident. W # can no longer speak of Irrigation as a Western topic. A Texas farmer Is sold to have lb « largest mule that ever walked on Amer ican soil. It Is eighteen and one-half hands or six feet two inches In height, and weighs 1,600 pounds. In the Eastern States, with spraying, both Fameuse and Talman sweet ap ples do well, and are fairly profitable., Unless put in cold storage, however, the Fameuse disappears in December. In a bulletin of the Vermont station Is stated that tuberculin is capable of producing tuberculosis In healthy cat tle. This agrees with the results of the ri’searcbes of Professor Virchow on the same subject It Is cheaper and better to get the straggling stumps and stones out of the fields than to attempt lo work around them with the reaper, mower, cultivator or barrow. Many valuable^ Implements are annually Injured from stumps or stones. Farmers should cease to use youug and Immature stock for hreed'ng pur poses. It may happen that selected young animals will give gooo resulta, but tbe continued use of such Is sure to prove disastrous In the end. Experi ments made with full-grown adults and Immature ones have demonstrated that the adults produce harder offspring thsn the young parents. The small Henderson d w a rf Lim a )>ean, which has been a favorite. Is be ing superseded by other d w a rf kinds of larger size, which are now fully equal to the pole varieties, and can be pro duced with less expense and labor. Those who have used the d w arf kind* find that less land Is required and the cultivation given Is more easily per formed than by tbe old method.